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Today's lead stories:
Demands for Hurricane Relief Regardless of Immigration Status
Compromises in North Korea 6-Way Talks
Thousands of Indonesian Troops Leave Aceh
A look at Critical Candidates in Afghanistan
Disability Rights Activists Converge in DC
Informing Military Recruitment-Aged Youth of their Rights
Simon Wiesenthal Dies at Age 96
FSRN Headlines
The British government defended its decision to storman Iraqi
jail to free two soldiers detained by policein the southern
town of Basra. Helen Kelly reportsfrom London.
15 people plead guilty to multiple charges forparticipating
in a violent uprising in the Uzbekistantown of Andijan in
May of this year. This is the firstof many trials for dozens
of people accused ofcontributing to a revolt that began because
20 Muslimmen were on trial for religious extremism. The rareuprising
drew thousands of protestors and ended withan unknown number
of people killed on May 13, 2005.The Uzbek government called
the alleged perpetratorsIslamic extremists. But human rights
groups denouncethe trials as a government cover up and anotherattempt
of suppression. Rachel Denber is Deputy Director of the Europe
andCentral Asia Division of Human Rights Watch.
AUDIO CUT:
Human Rights Watch compiled their own testimonies ofthe events
from that day
Arrest warrants have been requested for twelve formerhigh-ranking
Mexican officials with alleged ties toone of the country's
most notorious massacres. One ofthose warrants is for former
President LuisEscheverria. Shannon Young reports from Oaxaca.
President Bush nominated Fran Townsend, his homelandsecurity
advisor, to lead an internal inquiry into thegovernment's
handling of Hurricane Katrina. Bush'sChief-of-Staff, Andrew
Card directed each federalagency to designate one person to
work with Townsendin the investigation. Congress is creating
aseparate bi-partisan commission to look into Katrinaresponse.
Many Republicans and President Bush opposean independent commission
to conduct theinvestigation.
Tens of thousands of people across Asia are fallingill to
Dengue Fever, a deadly mosquito-born disease.It's prompting
governments to issue serious warnings,although the cases continue
to rise. Girlie Linao inManila reports.
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Demands for Hurricane Relief Regardless of Immigration
Status (2:15)
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, thousands of undocumented
immigrants affected by the devastation could face deportation
if they seek federal disaster relief aid. A coalition of Latino
organizations, along with 18 Senators, is pressing President
Bush to decree humanitarian protective status to all Hurricane
Katrina survivors, regardless of immigration status. Selina
Musuta reports from Capitol Hill.
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Compromises in North Korea 6-Way Talks (3:03)
A nuclear crisis began in October 2002, when North Korea
quit the non proliferation treaty and expelled international
inspectors. That crisis appears to have gone through a breakthrough
yesterday, with the signature of a joint statement signed
by the six parties participating in non-proliferation talks.
But, just one day later, everything appears to once again,
be compromised. Severine Bardon reports from Beijing.
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Thousands of Indonesian Troops Leave Aceh
(2:40)
Around 2,600 Indonesia army troops are withdrawing from
Aceh today, after the Aceh Monitoring Mission, or AMM, succeeded
in destroying around 800 guns handed over by the Free Aceh
Movement or GAM last week. This is the first step in disarmament
and military withdrawal, as per the Helsinki Peace Agreement,
signed August 15. Both the disarmament and the troop withdrawal
will continue through December. From Jakarta, FSRN's Meggy
Margiyono has more.
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A look at Critical Candidates in Afghanistan (4:07)
Results from Afghanistan's first general election in over
30 years will have to wait until donkeys bring the final ballot-boxes
down from the mountains - not expected before mid-October.
Notorious warlords, hard-line Moslems and women's rights campaigners
all appeared on the ballot paper, as well as a number of secular
candidates critical of the US-led military presence in the
country and of President Hamid Karzai. Tony Cross talked to
two of those candidates and files this report from Kabul.
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Disability Rights Activists Converge in DC
(2:51)
Disability activists from around the country have converged
in Washington DC this week for several days of lobbying and
direct action. Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today,
or ADAPT, are drawing attention to the struggle for independence
from nursing homes. Brendan Costello was in Washington and
files this report.
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Informing Military Recruitment-Aged Youth of their
Rights (4:05)
With the war in Iraq leaving close to 2,000 US troops dead,
military recruitment goals around the nation are falling short.
President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act has a unique
clause that is helping military recruiters in their efforts
around the nation. The law requires all secondary schools
to provide a list of every student’s name, telephone
number, and address. To protest the military’s involvement
in the country’s education system, the San Diego Counseling
Project visits Southern California schools to inform young
people of their rights. Miles Ashdown has more from Mira Mesa
High School.
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Simon Wiesenthal Dies at Age 96
Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal has
died at the age of 96 today in Vienna. Wiesenthal endured
life in a Nazi death camp along family members- over 80 of
which died in the camp. Wiesenthal then dedicated his life
to representing millions of victims, and brought over 1,000
Nazi war criminals to justice. Rabbi Marvin Hier, of The Simon
Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles said about Wiesenthal that
"When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world
went home to forget, he alone remained behind to remember.”
Again, Simon Wiesenthal passed today at the age of 96 in Vienna.
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